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( No Model.)

D. RYLANDS.

I JAR CLOSURE. No. 363,769. Patented May 24,1887.

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l 3 i r v 1; i i /F a i a f l w M ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAN RYLANDS, OF HOPE GLASS WORKS, STAlR-FOO'I, NEAR BAR-NSLEY, COUNTY OF YORK, ENGLAND.

JAR CLOSURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,769. dated May 24, 1887.

Application filed March 10,1387. Serial No. 230,399. (No model.) Patenttd in England February 10, 1887, No. 52,090.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAN RYLANDS, a subjcct of the Queen of Great Britaimresiding at Hope Glass Works, Stairfoot, near Barnsley, in the county of York, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Means for Closing or Stoppering Bottles or Jars, (for which I have obtained a patent in Great Britain, No. 2,090,bearing date February 10,1887,) of which the following is a specification.

According to my present invention I form a bottle orjar having a ledge on the inside of the mouth, on which ledge a gasket may rest. On the outside of the mouth or top of the jar or bottle I form a square shoulder or flange with a bearing-surface on its lower face.

I form the stopper preferably with a flat top, but with two, three, or more indents or recesses, according to the size of the bottle or jar to be stoppered. On the under side of the stopper I form a raised circular portion, around which an india-rubber ring or gasket may be attached. I take the stopper,a11d on pressing it into the mouth of the bottle or jar I fit catches or clips, which catch or fasten in the indents or recesses formed on the top of the stopper, and which also catch on the under side of the annular swell or shoulder formed on the top of the mouth of the bottle or jar. Inside these catches or clips I fasten a piece of flat wire in such a way that on lifting this wire up the under part of the clip or catch is forced away from the under side of the shoulder, thus releasing the stopper and enabling the bottle or jar to be opened. \Vhere so preferred, this wire attachment for opening may be attached to only one catch or clip, or may be attached to each catch or clip on the jar or bottle, as will be well understood.

My present invention will be more clearly understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional elevation of my improved stoppered jar, and Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective elevation of the improved catch orclip. Fig. 4 is a perspective elevation of the wire used for pressing the clip or catch away from the.

jar or bottle including also the clip or catch.

number of indents or recesses, k, which are made in form and size to suit the catches or clips 0. The stopper S has also a raised circular portion, 1), around which the india-rubber gasket 1 is placed.

To hermetically seal the bottle or jar J, the stopper S is pressed into the mouth of the jar or bottle. Then the clips or catches O are placed in position, their top portions, 25, resting in the indents or recesses k, and they are then pressed down until their lower portions, Z), bite under the annularswell or shoulder f.

The handle W, which is conveniently made of wire, Fig. 4, is made by bending the wire over, so as to form a loop with the portions a a flattened and turned over at about a right angle to the loop. The flattened portions a a are passed through the hole 0, formed in the clip O, and are then bent over, so that they rest in the hollow h, formed in said clip O. The form of the handle after it is inserted in the hole 0 and the portions a a bent over to rest in hollow h is shown in Fig. 4. By this means the handle WV is attached or fastened to said clip 0. To open the bottle or jar J, the handle WV is lifted up. This causes the flattened port-ions a a to press the clip or catch (3 away from the shoulder f, thereby releasing the stopper S.

Where so preferred, the hollow It may be dispensed with; but in this case the lower portion of the stopper 1) would have to be somewhat deeper and the elastic gasket 0' be thicker, so as to allow for the distance which the change would cause between the clip or catch 0 and the swell or shoulder f.

Any suitable substitute for the india-rubber gasket 1' may also be used in forming an air tight joint between the stopper and the jar.

The clips or catches may vary in size and form according to requirements.

The indents or recesses 7, when only two are made in the stopper, are of course opposite to each other.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is c 1. The combination, with jar J, having shoulder f, of the stopper S, having two or more indents or recesses, It, as described, and having means 011 its under side for carryinga suitable ring or gasket, 9", the catches or clips O, and the handle attachment W a a, for acting on the clip and opening the jar, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the stopper S, jar J,

clips or catches 0, adapted to hold the stopper 

